Last month, Sony said it would cut 16,000 jobs from its electronics divisions and close as many as six factories in an attempt to save more than 100 billion yen in annual costs.

上个月，索尼说将从电子产品部门裁员16,000人，并关闭多达六家工厂，以每年节省超过1,000亿日圆的成本。

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If as I believe trans fats have close and much more healthful substitutes that cost little more than trans fats, the attempt to ban trans fats in New York City restaurants made sense.

如果正如我知道的，反型脂肪有很接近但更健康的替代品，并且贵不了多少钱，那么纽约市禁止反型脂肪的尝试是行得通的。

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Andy Coulson, a close aide to David Cameron, said he gave his reporters freedom to operate and did not attempt to micro-manage every story.

大卫·卡梅伦的亲密助手安迪·库尔森称，他给旗下记者充分的运作自由，并且不会试图面面俱到的管理每一个报道。

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In the dozen years it has taken him to get the story made into a movie, the exploits of real scientists have come close to what his fictional characters attempt.

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The Knicks will host it Wednesday, their second attempt to close out their first series victory since 2000.

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Ricketts, 29, had to be carried off on a stretcher after going to ground in an attempt to close down Victor Moses.

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The city authorities made an unsuccessful attempt to close it in 1994 on the ground that it was infested with rats and cockroaches.

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